Music! I have always considered Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" as one of the best pieces of music ever. I have the version scored by Bernstein with him performing the piano solo's with the New York Philharmonic and after hearing other performances on Music Choice I am amazed at the degree of variation that different organizations apply to this piece. Btw, I think Bernstein's is the best.
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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

I to find that piece very enjoyable. I first became aware of it when I think it was American Airlines used it in a commercial some years back. I did a google search to see who composed it. I myself like the Original George Gershwins version. But I will have to take a listen to the Bernstein version as I do like his renditions of other composers works a lot.

What originally got me hooked on classical music were some of Warner Bros. cartoons that used sections from Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky to motivate the actions of the cartoon characters. I was also fascinated by Disney's Fantasia.

But I like Rock-n-Roll too.
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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

What originally got me hooked on classical music were some of Warner Bros. cartoons that used sections from Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky to motivate the actions of the cartoon characters. I was also fascinated by Disney's Fantasia.

But I like Rock-n-Roll too.

And Wagner (cue Elmer Fudd: "Kill da Wabbit, Kill da Wabbit...")

I remember The Ride of the Valkyries was used in several cartoons, mostly for shipwrecks and fierce storms and such.

And one that always stuck in my memory was, I think Heckle and Jeckle (the 2 Crows/Magpies), building a skyscraper to the tune of one of Dvorak's Polovtsian Dances.
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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

I go through periods where I spend a lot of time listening to Bach fugues and organ pieces. I once had a roommate who built his own harpsichord from a kit. He taught me a few easy fugues, but he got out of the Navy before I could get good at it. Maybe I'll get myself a keyboard for Christmas...
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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

One of my favorites as a young 'un was the 'Switched On Bach' bits released on Columbia records by Walter/Wendy Carlos.
They were some of the first things done on a Moog synthesizer, and required very laborious setups to record just a line or two at a time.

There was also another album called 'The Pocket Bach', with a number of tunes transcribed for harmonica. That was pretty neat too.

My fav classical thingys these days are probably the Puccini operas, and in a lighter mood, anything Gilbert and Sullivan.

Meow.
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What originally got me hooked on classical music were some of Warner Bros. cartoons that used sections from Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky to motivate the actions of the cartoon characters. I was also fascinated by Disney's Fantasia.

But I like Rock-n-Roll too.

That is so true. Those old cartoons had a lot of classical music in them. So did the Tv shows in the old days. The lone Ranger theme was the SWilliam Tell overture, And Don Ameche hosted a show that traveled the word showing different circuses and one piece of music I can still remember is the Saber Dance. As a kid I never knew it was called that though.

My favorite music is Tchaikovsky's Nut Cracker suite, As conducted by Berstein.
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Old James